Teja Sajja

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Teja Sajja
Teja Sajja snapped at the trailer launch of Hanuman.jpg
Sajja in 2024
Born (1995-08-23) 23 August 1995 (age 29) [1]
India
OccupationActor
Years active1998–2009
2019–present

Teja Sajja (born 23 August 1995) is an Indian actor who works in Telugu cinema. [2] He began his career as a child actor in Choodalani Vundi (1998) leading up to Boss (2006). As an adult, Sajja had a supporting role in Oh! Baby (2019). He has since played the lead roles in films such as Zombie Reddy (2021) and Hanu-Man (2024), latter being one of the highest-grossing Indian film of 2024 and ninth highest-grossing Telugu film worldwide. [3]

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Early life

Teja was born on 23 August 1995 in a Telugu family. [4] [5] [6] He did his schooling at The Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet. Sajja entered the Telugu film industry at a very young age as a child artist and acted in many successful films, of which, most were produced by C. Aswini Dutt under Vyjayanthi Movies.

Career

Sajja made his debut at the age of two in Choodalani Vundi (1998) and acted in over 20 films alongside leading actors in Telugu cinema. [7] These include Kalisundam Raa (2000), Yuvaraju (2000), Indra (2002), Tagore (2003), Gangotri (2003), Vasantam (2003), Samba (2004), Chatrapathi (2005), Balu (2005) with actors Chiranjeevi, Venkatesh, Prabhas, Mahesh Babu, Allu Arjun, N. T. Rama Rao Jr. and Pawan Kalyan. [8] [9] [10] [11] Sajja then made a comeback and played a supporting role in Oh! Baby (2019). [12]

His made debut in a lead role in Zombie Reddy (2021). [13] It is the first zombie film in Telugu cinema and received positive reviews from critics. [14] He also starred in Ishq: Not a Love Story alongside Priya Prakash Varrier which got mixed reviews. He completed his first sci-fi romantic film named Adbhutham alongside Shivani Rajashekar, which was released on Disney+ Hotstar, the same year. [15] [16] [17] He next worked in the Prasanth Varma's superhero film Hanu-Man (2024). [18] He will be next seen in another superhero film titled Mirai, which is scheduled to release in April 2025. [19]

Filmography

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleNotes
1998 Choodalani Vundi Rama Krishna's son
1999 Rajakumarudu Vengalla Rayudu
2000 Kalisundam Raa Sandeep
Yuvaraju Teja
Bachi Habibi
2001 Deevinchandi Siva's son
Prema Sandadi Siddu Sidhartha Roy
Akasa Veedhilo Ram and Lakshman
2002 Indra Young Indrasena Reddy
2003 Gangotri Young Simhadri
Ottesi Cheputunna Young Surya
Vasantam Young AshokBilingual film; Shot in Telugu and Tamil
Priyamaana Thozhi
Tagore Tagore's adopted son
2004 Adavi Ramudu Young Ramudu
Samba Chinna
2005 Balu Cherry
Naa Alludu Young Chandram / Young SuryamDual role
Andarivaadu Govinda "Govindu" Raju Jr.
Chatrapathi Young Ashok
2006 Sri Ramadasu Raghunathudu
Astram Teja
Boss Young GK
20097 Days In Slow MotionRaviDebut as lead actor; Bilingual film; Shot in Telugu and English
7 Rojullo
2019 Oh! Baby Rama Krishna “Rocky”Debut as adult actor
2021 Zombie Reddy Marripalem "Mario" Obul ReddyDebut as lead adult actor
Ishq Siddharth "Siddhu"
Adbhutham Surya
2024 Hanu-Man Hanumanthu
2025Mirai†TBAFilming [20]

Television

YearTitleRoleNetworkNotes
2024 3rd IIFA Utsavam Host Gemini TV Television special [21]

Awards and nominations

AwardYearCategoryWorkResultRef.
Cinegoers Association Awards2004Best Child Actor Gangotri Won [22]
Sakshi Excellence Awards 2022Jury Special Debutant Lead Actor Of The Year Zombie Reddy Won [23]
South Indian International Movie Awards 2022 Most Promising Newcomer – MaleWon [24] [25]
Best Male Debut – Telugu Nominated
GAMA Awards2024Best Trending Actor Hanu-Man Won [26]
Radio City Cine Awards Telugu 2024Best Actor in a Leading RoleWon [27]
Dadasaheb Phalke MSK Trust Award2024Best ActorWon [28]

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